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Again, who is "they"? And why this obsession with him being a "brown dude". This issue is why the hell the head of the FBI needs to be flying to the Olympics. Much like the trip to Vegas or his girlfriend. And its not about the amount of the waste it is the fact that this government was literally breaking the law in the name of cost cutting everyone else but they get to play by other rules.

Who exactly is "they"? You always generalize. I (like many) was hugely supportive of what DOGE was doing. One of the few things i hoped Trump could accomplish. The issue was that, like everything for this administration, it was done so incompetently it undermined the entire purpose. The "hissy fit" that happened was because they literally broke the law and everything had to be reversed. So to then go from being willing to break laws to cut costs all the way to having the head of the FBI take his private jet to Italy to watch a hockey game is a bit disingenuous! The odds that Patel pays that back is approximately zero. People will get their tariff refund before that happens.

See, thats the thing, most people want to watch the people who actually worked hard and won the gold celebrate what they earned. They dont want some cling on, completely unrelated to the victory, try and glom onto it solely for the attention. He turned a non political thing into a political thing. The entire fact that its one of the top stories today instead of just celebrating the victory indicates that.

Yes I recall Robert Mueller handing the phone over for Biden at the last winter games. Ah, good times.

Wait, so you've gone from tongue in cheek acknowledging how dumb it was to rationalizing why its a good thing? The entire fact that this is the discussion going on (not just here) shows how much it takes away from the real celebration and talking about those who actually earned it not those clinging on for attention.

Who is angry about American success and pride??? That has nothing to do with it. In fact its the opposite. I want to see the US hockey team celebrating because they earned it. What i dont want to see is the head of the FBI flying over in a private jet paid for by taxpayers to try and share the spotlight and actually take it away from those who truly earned it. Where was he for the figure skaters? Or bobsledders? Or skiers?

I know youre tongue in cheek on these but what are the odds Karoline Levitt uses that as the excuse. The cultists would buy it.

The funniest part is the idea that Kash Patel is arguing he was there to provide security. Kash Patel. Providing security to hockey players. Is the swamp.drained yet?

Wow, throw the name Biden in there and you get a free Fox bumper sticker.

Pretty sure it has absolutely nothing to do with any of that amd more to do with the fact that the head of the FBI flew a private plane at taxpayer expense to hang out at the Olympics while working for an administration that claimed to drain the swamp and cut costs.

Its not some B-list celebrity, its the President. His insane incompetence actually has impact on people's lives. Its really hard NOT to pay attention when he makes it his life's mission to create chaos to remain on tne front page.

Independent thinking is the opposite of cult behavior. Word.

Of course you will! Because you refuse to answer the question since that would put you in conflict with Dear Leader. So just leave it there to show how cult behavior works.

And yet after what, 4 or 5 times of asking you still avoid the question! Its the very epitome of a cult.

Its not because you support certain Trump policies that youre in a cult, its because you support everything he does without question or thought, even when it is the opposite of your stated views. Where do you stand on his removal of overdraft caps?

The set up headline is great but its fighting a negative trend. They traded market share and volume for margin over the past 10-15 years but theyre hitting the limits of what boomers will pay for a nostalgic toy. With volumes down double digits the margins are going to be under a lot of pressure. I normally love high cash flow, share cannibal businesses but the headwinds here are too strong for me.

Not sure if there's a HOG thread already. Take a look at the average age of a Harley buyer over the years and brings back memories of Sears. Its guys who grew up in the 50's and 60's and 70's idolizing the Harleys and bike culture and could finally afford one. This may be one that is on a slow ride to the history books.

Their customer base is literally dying off.

The new tariffs are under laws which either limit them to 150 days or require months of studies prior to implementation both of which entirely defeat the purpose for imposing tariffs in the first place. In addition, with the precedent yesterday there will be no arguments to not return money collected once they wind their way thru the courts. Either way, this puts them smack dab in the middle of midterms - which isnt going to go over well.

The fact this wasnt a 9-0 decision on a first year law student issue tells you the court still acts on politics over law. We all knew without looking it up who the dissenters were. If this was a Democrat president pushing tariffs they would have been on the other side.

So does this mean refunding all the tariffs collected? Thats going to be a cluster fuck of massive proportions.

Wonder if the writedown will form the basis for the settlement amount. The difference is that the writedown is non cash and the settlement will be cash (albeit for lost future business).

I suspect the difference in multiples is that to be an underwriter you need capital and brains. To be a broker you dont even need the capital. Its almost infinite returns as a service only business.

And yet u keep coming back. Thats sweet.

@cwericb: only the cult members are defending him now @73 Reds: wait. Did I hear somebody call me?